PhotographAA-0457

Bishop and congregation at St Mary's, Diyarbakir, 1956

Place: Diyarbakir · today Türkiye
Date: 1956

Men and boys of the Syriac Orthodox community of Diyarbakir pose with a bishop holding a pastoral staff and a monk in the stone courtyard of the church of St Mary.

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Arameandom.org, Aramean Archive (community archive)

Bishop and congregation at St Mary's, Diyarbakir, 1956

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